You know I'm honestly not sure when the coronation is. I'm pretty sure it's tomorrow. I've been talking like it's tomorrow. I've been making plans around places that are very pro or anti royalty to avoid coronation activities (including my fucking house cause I am not about to listen to my neighbours.)
(There are two sides to this. There's the annoying celebrating but then there's the equally annoying moaning and bitching echo chamber in which they end up switching on the TV on only to complain)
But is it??? Tomorrow???? Maybe??? I'm working off like vague joke posts. I filtered out royal updates from the news I consume a long time ago. I've told my friends it's tomorrow. We've made plans to go far away from any signal/residential areas and to try and remain distracted, lest we begin the complaining ourselves. But it may well not be tomorrow tbh. I might have made preparations for the wrong day
I'll tell you a story. I get to work early in the morning, so when I come in—Yesterday morning we had this big back of six TVs, and one of them has a network on it... and the banner is: If the Florida Panthers lose, is this the Biggest Collapse in Sports History? That damn thing is sitting on the TV and you know, you're waiting for—to roll it, people, let's move it! Fifteen minutes!...So I'm waiting by the door for my video guy to come in and say—...We have these banks, it's a new rink, right? All over it—"Get that network off our TV!" 'Cuz I'm sitting there going, "I don't like it!" and I'm 57! Well, what happens if you're 25? And you're going, "I gotta live 50 more years of being a part of the 'Biggest Collaspe in Sports History'..." So from the loss to the drop of the puck, something has to change, something has to get better, and that would be where I think, I worked. Once the puck's dropped then I was done working. And I liked our first [period] so that was good. That was good, I was at peace with it. I wanted to win, and—but we weren't scrambling around in the first [period] trying to find our game.
paul and his way with his words aka he felt exactly the same way i felt with the leadup to game 7 and how media reacted to it like yeah i was very upset at some point i just started sighing like eeyore till someone put me out of my misery
it's now the second week of being bound to my young charge and the second day of being around little Eva’s mother. The little one’s mother is used to me or is being polite and not showing her distrust of me. She acts like I am not there and will only acknowledge me if Eva includes me in the conversation.
I have noticed that my little Eva had two different schedules depending on the human watching her. Though having similar things in common at least so far. When being babysat her schedule is like with her neighbor.
6:00 AM: Eva wakes up before going back to sleep.
7:30 to 7:40 AM: her neighbor wakes up and rushes to wake up Eva to get dressed and ready for school.
7:50 AM: they are out the door, Without eating breakfast but Little Eva informed me that at her school they give children breakfast.
8:04 AM to 3:45 PM: little Eva makes it to school late. While I could be there with her all day it's too well light for my taste. Also, most adeptus astartes are not allowed at school besides designated ultramarines and the Imperial Army.
4:00 PM: Eva gets home and I help her with any homework then it's Free time.
6:00 PM: It's dinner time, then after Little Eva will try to feed me some of her food. I must eat a few bites or she'll get upset.
7:00 to 8:00 Pm: free time once again till 8 PM. Eva’s babysitter will get her ready for bed.
8:30 to 8:57 PM: Eva is put to bed but will not fall asleep and will play for a bit till I step in. I will need to hold her in my arms and hum a soft lullaby after a couple of minutes will soon go to sleep; and Then I will tuck her into bed.
I do not have enough information about how Eva’s schedule like with her mother to have an official one to write down but after this week, I'll have enough information to write it down. I must go now because Eva is now waking up for the day.
Happy 2023 everybody! It's a new year meaning I've got new goals to meet. Goals like finally publishing something, setting up commissions so people can pay me to do what I love, cross-posting between my account here and on deviantART, summoning more kaijus just so they can play elaborate games of poker, y'know, all that good stuff. It also means the return of my 'list of things that have reached a milestone anniversary' list. However, it seems like I've been doing this for so long that these lists have in fact reached their own milestone. From what I could tell, this is the fifth year of my doing this, at least on deviantART. If that doesn't make you feel right from the gate, I present the following:
If I don't mention this my buddy Volts48 won't let me rest; the highly influential sci-fi movie Metropolis turns 100 years old this year, meaning it is now in the public domain. I plan to take full advantage of this fact later, but for now I have the rest of this list to get to...
Anything from 1973 turns 50 years old this year. This includes...
Schoolhouse Rock! (Jan 6th)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (June 13th)
Robin Hood (yes, the version with the fox) (Nov 18th)
Pirates of the Caribbean (Magic Kingdom) (December 15th)
Charlotte's Web (the animated movie, not the book) (March 1st)
Godzilla vs Megalon (March 17th)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (April 5th)
Soylent Green (May 9th)
The Exorcist (December 26th)
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (November 20th)
The Young and the Restless (March 26th)
Star Trek: The Animated Series (Sept 8th)
Super Friends (Sept 8th)
Asteroid (Space Race) (July 16th)
The Night Gwen Stacy Died (MARVEL) (June - July 1973)
'We’re an American Band' by Grand Funk Railroad
'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album (Oct 5th)
Anything from 1978 turns 45 years old this year. This includes...
Alien (May 25th)
The Cat from Outer Space (June 9th)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (Nov 17th)
The Small One (Dec 16th)
Jaws 2 (June 16th)
Grease (July 8th)
Revenge of the Pink Panther (July 13th)
Animal House (July 28th)
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (Oct 8th)
Halloween (Oct 25th)
Watership Down (Nov 1st)
The Lord of the Rings (animated version) (Nov 15th)
Superman: The Movie (Dec 15th)
Lupin the Third: The Secret of Mamo (Dec 16th)
Fantasy Island (Jan 14th)
The Incredible Hulk (TV series) (March 10th)
The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series) (April 15th)
Hanna Barbera's Godzilla (Sept 9th)
Yogi's Space Race (Sept 9th)
Taxi (Sept 12th)
WKRP in Cincinnati (Sept 18th)
Space Invaders (April 1st)
Anything from 1983 turns 40 years old this year. This includes...
Hilarie: James had fun this episode. You can tell how much fun he was having because in the beginning he's playing Slamball and then he gets tangled up in the Owen/Brooke shit and then he gets tangled up in the Mouth/Gigi shit and then he's super flirty with his wife which I liked.
Sophia: I love it.
Hilarie: And he had a great scene with Lucas too. The brother scene where Nathan's making pancakes.
Sophia: And that scene in particular, I thought was so sweet because you're right. You can see what a good mood James is in every day and I love because they're having so much fun and it's such a light conversation, that he's the one who looks at Lucas like, hey you big dummie, have you not considered the women you need to talk to? It's so funny when he's like, Brooke's the other 50%. Like, do you remember your own life? It made me really giggle out loud.
Hilarie: Yeah, he was great this episode and I think seeing Nathan funny is not what we're used to. He's been Eeyore and now he's fuckin Tigger, man! He's bouncing all over the place being funny. His advice to Owen is great... what did he say?
Sophia: He talks about "all the worst mistakes you ever made, 1-99 was blowing it with Brooke Davis." "What's the other one?" "The haircut, the drug addiction"
Hilarie: What was wrong with his haircut?
Sophia: Nothing. It was just such a troll and it was so funny.
Hilarie: But he (Owen) and Nathan don't look disimilar in size. Did we have James standing on something or is he that tall?
Sophia: James is pretty tall. He's like 6'2 and Joe's like 6'5. We had a lot of tall boys on our show.
Hilarie: We had the tallest cast on TV. Any other show, they were much, much, much shorter. And people would comment on that all the time when we did press. They were like, this cast is big! It made doing coverage shots kind of hard because we would have to stand on boxes so you could see us over their shoulders.
the evil eye doesn't always work,
and there's millions between me and you!
so just sing to me about eggplants
or anything, except for how tired we are...
sketched some familiar (and unfamiliar) faces of the Black Organisation (in civilian clothes)
click below to find out some more details about them! minor warning for mild spoilers up to chapter 15 :)
point of interest: they're all somehow from former east bloc or once-soviet countries
Chianti, Sniper
chinese (?), under 30 years old
VERY short, has a complex about this
she's got the nickname 'Key' but if you call her that without her consent she will throw you
her tattoos are butterfly-and-eye themed (you might see that she's got two tattoos in the drawing, teehee). also, you cannot tell me that the reason for her canon tattoo ISNT a bullet with butterfly wings reference
says "lol" and "lmfao" in casual conversation
might have gotten corrective laser eye surgery (or something similar) - the tattoo on her eyelid might indicate a slightly more long-lasting problem
“Try me again, asshole!” she shrieks, “I’ll stab your dick, too!”
has a girlfriend(?) who gifts italian designer products
vague sibling relationship with Cognac; they're either bickering or they're besties or they're teaming up to gossip about others
“She’s a gamer.”
Korn, Sniper
has a very hoarse voice, possibly resulting from some chronic problem? possible that he doesnt talk much because of this issue
around 45-50 y.o & mongolian
i gave him a wife because i think he deserves someone normal and sane to return home to. according to Vodka's 'accidental' namedrop, she's called Sarnai (the name means Rose in Mongolian <3). also, he's implied to become a father soon
Chianti called him Eeyore in this chapter and it might be one of the funniest things i've ever written. i actually love their dynamic in canon so much that it's a big part of my inspiration for this fic; they just feel so much like they have a life outside of their mandated Black Organisation Cameo Appearance
he and Vodka practice ARB
i sent my friend that picture and he said "this man looks like he's never put any real effort into how he dresses and, in fact, never will" - and honestly? yep.
Arrack, Assassin (?)
arab, though exact national origin is relatively hard to clock (Jenever only figured it out because she remembered Shiraz indirectly referencing him)
was mentioned in Akai's notes from 29/7/2010 >:3c
has a very polished appearance, sculpted muscles type beat
mean slut, "mad dog", self-described bastard. VERY flashy fighter, but also "doesn't care if he loses so long as you're hurt worse"
has some pretty normal Star Wars opinions tbh
"resident fuckboy" / "fuckboy-in-chief" -- context clues indicate he might be a honeypot assassin (like Akai speculates in his notes)
generally easy-going despite being unsettlingly intense, but has a very short temper when Shiraz is brought up. (his degree of Shiraz-obsession probably outshines Jenever's tbh)
he's a one-off B.O. member who shows up in a spin-off comic or something, but you literally cannot introduce a character like that and expect me not to sink my evil little claws into them
Sambuca, "Audiovisual manipulation, back-up IT expert"
slavic & eastern european (exact national origin not yet divulged); around 50 y.o woman
wore a metalcore t-shirt to PT
Gin's previous main IT crow. was part of Tequila's Tokyo office at the time of Teq's death; planted there mostly to train
perfectly faked all of Jenever's and Red's credentials to get them into the japanese police institutions. also seems to be in charge of editing Crows out of CCTV footage. overall, really important behind-the-scenes security/cleanup job
her arms are covered in disparate stick-and-poke tattoos. motifs are not unified. a lot of the words/letters are in cyrillic (not visible in the art bc of leather jacket, sorry hehe)
seems to have a phobia of guns/firearms
Cognac, Hardware & Demolitions
south-east asian (exact national origin not yet divulged)
around 30ish years old. not THAT short (like idk 169cm?), but has major gremlin energy
HORRIBLE frosted tips hairstyle situation
vegetarian
wideset body, physically quite strong but has a vaguely soft appearance
remembers Rye sparring with their team a few times. seems p keen to gossip about him (and anyone, for that matter)
"I am literally a whole bisexual!"
gave his denim jacket to Red Label back in Afghanistan (Arrack was soooo mad about this, probably bc they have matching jackets or smth)
Nikos in Drm here. Have a question--is being a musician working out? do you think you'll be able to do it for the long haul? Just wondering! As always, I'm curious and, of course, jealous of your talent and creativity and will to keep going. As I get close to 50, I wonder what's going on and I'm trying to play some music again--in another vein, but it's incredibly hard, and I'm just not that gifted. signed-Eeyore
this message is from one of the best musicians i ever knew in NC. just goes to show, it really is so hard for everyone, we're all fucked up, questioning ourselves, thinking we don't got something we most definitely probably got. love you nikos, i hope you're doing something that brings you joy and confidence, my thoughts now are....if you're worse without it then you keep going, if it's making you fold in on yourself then you quit it. it's just a math problem, i guess.
sometimes when im having a hard time, i think about quantum mechanics and how it seems to suggest that somewhere, many wheres, so many other dimensions, there is a nikos (more likely there are many, many nikos') shredding harder than ever and loving every second of it. i like to think about all the dimensions where aimée is not struggling, and then I try to imagine standing in a crowd of aimées, soaking in their energy, just the ease with which they are moving through their lives, all the joy they feel in their dimensions that i often struggle to feel here in mine. i believe in them, that they're out there, and that they're me. i dont know if they believe in me, or see me, it doesn't matter, they don't have to. they are happy where they are, so i just try to connect with them when i can.
35. Describe your favorite stuffed animal, either now or from when you were a kid.
I have an Eeyore plush that I've had for as long as I can remember. I think I got it for my first Christmas from my dad and brother, but it's been with all this time.
40. What’s your favorite kind of tree?
I really love birch trees and giant pine trees
45. Do you have good handwriting?
Being an artist you'd think my handwriting is good BUT IT REALLY ISN'T SGDSG
50. Describe your perfect sleeping conditions
Huge soft bed, tons of blankets and pillows in a dark quiet room
Warning - descriptions of murder, mentions of killing and beloved childhood icons dying.
Right, so. For those of you who don’t know - Winnie The Pooh is now becoming a slasher movie called ‘Blood and Honey.’
Basically the plot is that Christopher Robin goes off to college and leaves Pooh and his friends for 5 years. When he returns with his fiancé it’s to find the forest is eerily empty...until the run into a axe-crazy Piglet and Pooh that is.
After that a group of five random girls turn up to rent a cabin in the woods and Pooh and Piglet pick the off one by one. As far as I can see the girls serve no purpose except to be victims.
So, I know we’re not meant to take this movie seriously. The director himself has apparently said we’re not meant to take it seriously. However my brain dissects characters, and I’m wondering...what the hell did it take to get Pooh and Piglet to the point where they’re serial killers!? So...
It’s been five years since C.R. was in the hundred acre woods, so that’s a timeframe to work with. Presumably last time he was there they didn’t look so horrific otherwise I think he’d have run out of there screaming. So it’s the fact he’s gone to college and stopped feeding them that caused them to go feral.
Except, why does he need to feed them? This is based off the original books during which the gang basically ate anything. However they live in a forest, which experiences seasons. I bet that when it got so cold the ground was frozen C.R. brought them food. I imagine he’s been doing that for many years, starting from 6, maybe?
I’m saying 6 because Wikipedia says this all happens when C.R. goes to college. In the U.K. you go to college/6th form at 16, then onto university which is what I think’s happened here. Two years at college, then three years at uni and during that point C.R. was either to far away from the woods to visit or was aware that his ‘childhood foibles’ were being more seriously looked at at possible lunacy and left them.
He’s left some food for them though, so the gang [Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Rabbit + Eeyore] don’t immediately starve, also as Christopher has gotten older they’re now used to being left for months at a time, the longest period at that point being a year.
So - five years:
End of year 1 - food run out. Gang getting worried about C.R. It’s decided they’ll try growing food. Eeyore is the main one who’s alright, as he eats plants and stuff.
End of Year 2 - growing food is a bit of a 50/50 affair. The gang are a bit less worried about C.R. now, as they’re really hungry and focused on finding food. They start to disband a bit and are no longer as close as they were.
End of Year 3 - it’s been a hard year. In the winter there was a lot of snow and the ground froze making growing food impossible. Also a lot of the plants died. At this point C.R. would usually bring them food, but he’s not there so they’re forced to huddle together for warmth near a river. [There’s no mention of them struggling for water, so I’m assuming there’s a river nearby]
[Warning. Gory mentions and cannibalism]
So they’re huddled together and I’m not sure how it happens - there’s a bit of me that doesn’t want to think it out to much - but the upshot is that Eeyore is eaten alive by the other 4. I would imagine either his tail fell off and the rest of the gang started with that or maybe Eeyore got sick and the rest of the gang decided it was a sort of ‘mercy kill.’
After that they’re horrified and erect the ‘tombstone’ we see in the trailer as a way of dealing with their grief. They mutually agree to go their separate ways so it doesn’t happen again. However Piglet and Pooh end up gravitating towards each other again because they’re friends.
End of year 4 - This is the year the murders start. Rabbit notices that some of his ‘friends and relations’ have gone missing. Concerned he watches over the last one - only to see it eaten by Owl.
Rabbit is furious, but he recognises that Owl is stronger than he is. So he comes up with a plan. He tells Pooh and Piglet that he thinks Owl is planning to kill them. Pooh tells him not to be ridiculous and heads to Owl’s Treehouse to speak to him, but Owl is in a state of high panic and assumed Pooh is coming to kill him. They fight and Owl ends up dead.
Then there were 3.
End of Year 5 - Everything's gone to hell. Pooh and Piglet are surviving by murders hikers/visitors to the woods. Rabbit, meanwhile, is driving himself mad with guilt and anxiety. I’m thinking he either gives himself a hear attack due to the stress or gives up and allows himself to be murdered by Pooh and Piglet - maybe even begging them to kill him.
Either that or he tries to be clever and trap them. Except it fails and he gets caught in his own trap. Cue him being eaten.
I imagine that may have taken place fairly recently and Pooh and Piglet decide they’re going to kill the next people who enter the woods.
“Where are you?”
Are you like me? I try to keep to myself when I’m in public, especially when I’m at a coffee shop. I’m not a huge fan of Starbucks, but it was my birthday. An acquaintance I’m not all that close with handed me a $50 gift card and said, ‘Happy Birthday,’ in an Eeyore tone. I accepted, figuring I’d go if I had time to wait. What the heck. I’ll give the local Starbucks a shot. Last…
Props to the lady I bought an Eeyore Re-softable from for $50. I couldn't find it anywhere and knew it was a special edition so I took the cost, but there was a cheeky $10 price tag on the box so if she bought it for ten and sold it for fifty good on her.
Script for Columbia Tristar Family Collection 1996 promo (Disney version)
Ever since I joined YouTube on 2009, I had dreams of doing videos which I have neglected for 15 years and hope to stop this year and finally get Windows Movie Maker or IMovie or whichever movie editing program to do different company versions of video collection promos from the 90's, like the Paramount ad with Happy Days for one. Remember that?
First off, here would be the transcript to a Disney version of the Columbia TriStar Family Collection ad from the 90's.
Hypothetical Collection Date: January 1, 2000
0:00-0:03 - Walt Disney Home Video gold logo
0:03 - Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs: Dopey squirting water out of his ears
0:04 - Honey We Shrunk Ourselves: bubble with Wayne and Clark pops
0:05 - Mary Poppins: Burt flutters with Mary pulling him down
0:06 - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Jack in awe at Christmas Town
0:07 - Robin Hood: Skippy and Marian finding each other
0:08 - Walt Disney Family Collection
0:09 - A Goofy Movie: Max kissing Roxanne
0:10 - Toy Story: You saved the day again, Woody
0:11 - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: Pooh and Piglet on a blanket
0:12 - Pocahontas: Pocahontas and John Smith leaping down a waterfall
0:13 - The Muppet Christmas Carol: Scrooge visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past
0:14 - Fun and Fancy Free: Mickey saying "I can't believe it"
0:15 - Oliver & Company: Rita nudges Oliver
0:16 - The Jungle Book: Baloo roaring at Mowgli
0:17 - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Jack leaps off guns as saw comes
0:18 - The Fox and the Hound: Bear's weight lowers log and Tod slips
0:19 - Cool Runnings: Bobsled team speeds
0:20 - Peter Pan: Peter fencing against Hook
0:21 - Toy Story: Woody and Buzz fly through the sky
0:23 - Mary Poppins: Bert smashing his face with a cymbal
0:24 - Flubber: Phillip Brainard laughing
0:25 - Robin Hood: Nottingham citizens laughing
0:26 - The Sword in the Stone: Wart holding a laugh
0:27-0:28 - Cinderella: catching the glass slipper
0:28-0:29 - The Sword in the Stone: Madame Mim breathing fire
0:29-0:31 - A Goofy Movie: Max running past the kids on the bus, high-fiving them
0:31 - The Fox and the Hound: Tod pulling on Copper's ear
0:32 - Oliver & Company: Jenny giving a curtsey
0:33 - James and the Giant Peach: Grasshopper climbing down stairs
0:34 - The Nightmare Before Christmas: Jack leaps while saying "I even touched the sky"
0:35-0:48 - images of logos with all films used
0:49 - Pocahontas: rowers arriving
0:50-0:51 - Peter Pan: Wendy, John and Michael hiding behind John's umbrella
0:51-0:52 - Pooh's Grand Adventure: Pooh, Rabbit, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore leap into the water to get away from the bees
0:53-0:56 - Walt Disney Home Video gold logo
Grab a pot of “hunny”, enjoy a game of Poohsticks and revisit these beloved childhood stories about a bear and all his friends
One of the cuddliest holidays around has to be National Winnie the Pooh Day, celebrated on the birthday of author A. A. Milne. It’s one special anniversary fans just can’t bear to miss! Every year, the occasion is marked with events such as teddy bears’ picnics, featuring plenty of honey on the menu.
History Of Winnie The Pooh Day
Winnie the Pooh first appeared on the printed page in 1926, together with friends Piglet, Tigger, and Eeyore. All of them were based on toys owned by the author’s son, who also featured in the famous stories as Christopher Robin. The character later starred in a series of much-loved Disney films.
The name Winnie, for instance, came from Milne’s teddy bear Winnie. The “Pooh” part was from the nickname of a swan he’d met on holiday. The rest of the names, besides those mentioned above, were purely creations of his mind and allegedly did not refer to any objects in the real world.
The story and adventures of Winnie the Pooh are set in the ancient Ashdown Forest of East Sussex. The area features beautiful open heathland, wooded areas, and high ridges. Locals consider it an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Many stories in Winnie the Pooh have clear associations with locations in the forest. The illustrations that accompanied the original books often depicted scenes from this part of the world. Pooh, Tigger, and the crew are regularly seen marching through beautiful gorse, heather, bracken, and silver birch, all popular in the Ashdown area.
The landscapes were an essential part of what helped to make Winnie the Pooh such a compelling pop phenomenon. Like J.R.R Tolkien, Milne had found something unique and persuasive in the English countryside. There was deep magic about it that lent itself to pure escapism. The idea of friendly animal characters adventuring in such an area whisked audiences off to another world that had nothing to do with the pressures of the modern economy.
The first-ever Pooh stories appeared in a Christmas special edition of the Evening Standard newspaper in December 1924. The first book Winnie-the-Pooh emerged around a year later. It told the very first stories of Pooh and his compatriots as they humorously toured through idyllic country scenes, collecting honey and arguing pleasantly.
The Winnie the Pooh brand remained in the Milne family until 1930 until television and merchandising expert, Stephen Slesinger, bought out the rights. Milne received a $1,000 payment upfront plus 66 percent of the income generated by Slesinger’s efforts. Over the next thirty years, Winnie-the-Pooh transformed into a $50 million-a-year franchise – a testament to its tremendous popularity.
Pooh ceased being solely a storybook character. He soon grew into a film star, musician, and toy brand. No longer was the concept confined to the pages of a book. Winnie-the-Pooh had a very real presence in the world.
Throughout it all, though, Slesinger and the Milne family remained faithful to the original character of Winnie-the-Pooh. At first blush, everyone’s favorite yellow bear seems a little slow and dim-witted. But as the stories develop, you soon see endearing aspects of his character and profound emotional intelligence.
Pooh is keenly aware of his intellectual limitations, but this is an aspect that makes him so lovable. There’s no pretense about the bear. He just wants to live his life and find practical, hands-on solutions to problems. Examples of his down-to-Earth nature abound from his rescuing of Eeyore from a river to Poohsticks’ invention.
Pooh is also extremely fond of food and not afraid to indulge a little in life’s pleasures. He loves what he calls “hunny” and will go to great lengths to acquire it.
Most of the time, Pooh hangs out with his friends. He is a social creature, always interested in the lives of others. He makes a habit of spending time with the other animals of the forest and ensures that their needs are met. He is a kind of steward and a leader, without people realizing it.
When Disney bought the rights to the franchise in 1966, they were keen to keep Pooh’s lovable persona intact. Bosses at the studio knew that it was a winning formula and something people instinctively loved. Pooh hit the big time, thanks to animated productions from the cartoon maker.
The first production in 1966 was a theatrical “featurette” called Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. Later, Disney followed up these productions with Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too in 1974.
Seeing the demand for a feature-length film, the studio combined all three into The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Things kicked off for the franchise after 1980. Producers gave the go-ahead for a series of new movies and television series that exposed entire generations of children to the concept. The first of these was Welcome to Pooh Corner, which ran from 1983 to 1986. After that came The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and My Friends Tigger & Pooh.
Ultimate, Milne intended Winnie the Pooh as a work that would comfort, not challenge. And that remains very much the essence of the franchise to this day.
How to Celebrate Winnie The Pooh Day
Thanks to the sheer number of films, books, and TV adaptations, there are all kinds of ways you can enjoy National Winnie the Pooh Day. In fact, there’s so much content to consume, there’s no way you’ll get it all done in twenty-four hours. Oh well, there’s always next year!
If you’re the sort of person who loves the history of Winnie the Pooh, why not spend the day reading Milne’s original works, starting with the Christmas edition of the 1924 Evening Standard? Then move on to reading the compilation stories to get a sense of how the author originally envisioned the character.
After that, it might be fun to move on to later adaptations of Pooh to see how he evolved over time. Often, you’ll find striking consistency, and sometimes you’ll find small cultural context changes here and there. Overall, though, it is incredible how similar the modern incarnation is to his historical counterpart.
Indulging in a Winnie the Pooh movie marathon can also be a lot of fun. You could watch all the films from the 1970s until the present, back to back.
Winnie the Pooh was also a massive lover of food, especially honey. Nothing is stopping you from recreating his favorite recipes from the books and movies.
Finally, one extra-special way to mark the day is to visit Pooh Corner in Hartfield, East Sussex, where the books were written. You can pick up a map to follow in the characters’ footsteps, and even play a game of Poohsticks on the original bridge.
Celebrating National Winnie the Pooh Day, therefore, is way easier than you might think. Dressing up as a bear, eating lots of honey, and watching your favorite Pooh movies are all great options.